How to Fix Venetian Blinds Including How to Fit and Fix Vertical Blinds and Roman Blinds

Summary: An overview of fixing vertical blinds including information on fixing venetian blinds and fixing roman blinds. The principles of fixing a blind whether it is fixed to the face of a window recess or fixed within the window recess itself are pretty much the same for all types of blinds and will involve drilling holes to fix the brackets on to which the the blind carriage is fixed.

Fitting and fixing Venetian blinds, Roman blinds and Vertical blinds all follow the same routine (pretty much). The blinds themselves or their mechanisms are housed in a box called a blind carriage.

How and Where to Fix a Blind Over a Window

All blinds are fairly easy to fit but require accurate measurement at the start to make sure you have the correct size of blind and it is positioned in the correct place in or over your window.

Centre the blind to the window opening

Different Methods for Fixing Blinds

Blinds can be fitted in two ways. Either on the face of the wall above your window opening, called "face fixing" or up onto the soffit or head of your window opening. This is called a recess or a head fitting.

For a face fitting, using the diagram above, the centre of your blind carriage should be in the centre of your window opening. This means that any overhang, demonstrated by the figures B should be the same. It is alsso worthy to note that once you have found the centre you will have to decide how high above the top of the window recess you fix your blind. Once you have settled on this ensure that you use a spirit level to make sure that both fixings are level across the horizontal

For a recess fixing the gap either side of your blind (figures D) should be the same. As with the fixing method above, ensure that you use a spirit level to make sure that you carridge is straight and true and does not slant in to the window recess more at one end than the other

Getting Your Blind Central

To guarantee this in both cases it is easy to measure the size of the window opening and mark the centre with a pencil. Then measure the length of the blind carriage and place a mark on that.

When fitted the two marks should line up meaning you have the centre of the blind in the centre of the window.

Vertical blind carriage and fixing within window recess

Fixing Brackets to Hold Blind Carriage

When you are sure about the position of your blind carriage you must fit the brackets to hold the carriage in position.

There are different types of bracket for different makes of blind but usually the bracket is fixed to the surface using a normal fixing technique such as drilling wall plugs and screws (See our related projects, right, for many different fixing techniques).

Again, the brackets (usually two or three) should be fixed centrally to distribute the weight of the blind evenly between them.

Fixing Venetian Blinds

In the case on Venetian blinds, the slats usually come attached to the carriage and it is simply a question of clipping up the carriage into the brackets.

Fixing Roman Blinds

With Roman blinds and Vertical blinds the slats or vanes are usually fitted/fixed to the carriage once it is in position. Always follow the manufacturers instructions.

To watch several videos on how to fit various types of blind in the home, go to our video section on blinds.

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